Synopses & Reviews
For everyone who has ever wished Dr. Spock had written about dogs instead
The Dog Bible is your essential guide to everything you will ever need to know. Whether youre a first-time dog owner or an expert, your dog would want you to read this book. Encyclopedic in scope, it covers not only the basics, but every practical aspect of life with a dog, including many fascinating and helpful subjects never before collected in one volume:
The Dangers of Puppy Farms: What pet stores dont want you to know
The Logic of the Wolf Pack: Rules from the wild to help you understand and communicate with your dog. What does Alpha Dog really mean?
House training for every dog in every possible living situation
The truth about dog food no one has told you: foods that help, foods that harm
Teaching manners: the pros and cons of different training equipment and methods, and how to keep your dog safely on your property
Vaccination Ethics and Safety: shocking facts about the potential dangers of vaccinations
Warning Signs of Vicious Dogs: How to know when a dog canand cantbe saved
Scooby Doo Hotchners 25 Rules for Kidsa special chapter written just for children to help them stay safe around dogs
Pregnancy, new babies, and your dog: how to prepare for a peaceful homecoming and life together
Dog 911: Some of the mostand leastcommon emergencies your dog may face and what to do, including instructions on how to administer CPR and the Heimlich maneuver
Life-saving advice about the special needs of toy breeds: everything you need to know to protect and enhance their wonderfully long lives
Dog Psychology: Eye-opening ideas from an emerging field of study, including a chapter on the weird things dogs doand why!
Tracie Hotchner, lifelong dog owner and author of the million-copy bestseller, Pregnancy and Childbirth, has distilled years of research into one comprehensive, accessible guide. Youll make hundreds of decisions about your dogs care during his lifetime. THE DOG BIBLE is here to give you the latest and best information available to help you make those decisions. Its everything your dog would want you to know.
Praise
People and dogs have a simple, unwritten contract: The dog provides the devotion, love, companionship and work while we accept the responsibility of providing food, water, shelter, healthcare in life and death, and hopefully some love in return. Unfortunately, we as people often fall short. Dogs rarely do. Tracie Hotchner has written a book that will help us keep up our side of the bargain.
--Dr. Barry C. Browning, B.V.M. & S., M.R.C.V.S.
I believe Ms. Hotchner was a dog in a previous life. Her perspective is that detailed and complete. Since I speak "dog" fluently and converse with my three canines, Lucy, Henry and the "diva" Frances, we have agreed that it is the finest book about dogs ever written.
Jamie Lee Curtis
My three dogs, Veronica, Lulu, and Max, are all barking, Finally! The book we've all been waiting for! Everything you've ever wanted or needed to know about your dog is in here. Hooray!
Joan Rivers
Damn, wish I was your puppy...
Sophie B. Hawkins and Skeeter, Huck (mini-Dachshunds) & Virginia Wolff (black Lab)
Synopsis
For everyone who has ever wished Dr. Spock had written about dogs instead—The Dog Bible is your essential guide to everything you will ever need to know. Whether you’re a first-time dog owner or an expert, your dog would want you to read this book. Encyclopedic in scope, it covers not only the basics, but every practical aspect of life with a dog, including many fascinating and helpful subjects never before collected in one volume.
Life-saving advice about the special needs of toy breeds: everything you need to know to protect and enhance their wonderfully long lives
Dog Psychology: Eye-opening ideas from an emerging field of study, including a chapter on the weird things dogs do—and why!
Tracie Hotchner, lifelong dog owner and author of the million-copy bestseller, Pregnancy and Childbirth, has distilled years of research into one comprehensive, accessible guide. You’ll make hundreds of decisions about your dog’s care during his lifetime. THE DOG BIBLE is here to give you the latest and best information available to help you make those decisions. It’s everything your dog would want you to know.
About the Author
Tracie Hotchner is the author of the million-copy bestseller Pregnancy and Childbirth, which was nominated for the American Book Award, as well as three other books on pregnancy. She has appeared on national talk shows, including the Today show and Oprah, and she lives in East Hampton, New York, with her three dogs, Jazzy, Billy Blue, and Scooby Doo.
Table of Contents
Contents Foreword by Barry Browning, DVM ix
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 MATCHMAKING YOU AND A DOG 5
Chapter 2 WHERE TO GET YOUR DOG 25
Chapter 3 PICKING A PUPPY 62
Chapter 4 THE HOMECOMING 76
Chapter 5 RAISING A GREAT PUPPY 106
Chapter 6 UNDERSTANDING YOUR DOG 127
Chapter 7 COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DOGS AND PEOPLE 148
Chapter 8 EVERYDAY LIFE WITH YOUR DOG 171
Chapter 9 HOUSE-TRAINING 215
Chapter 10 TEACHING MANNERS 235
Chapter 11 YOUR DOGS HEALTH 283
Chapter 12 GROOMING YOUR DOG 404
Chapter 13 NUTRITION 433
Chapter 14 DOGS AND CHILDREN 468
Chapter 15 TRAVELING WITH A DOG 492
Chapter 16 PROBLEMS GREAT AND SMALL 523
Chapter 17 A LITTLE OF THIS AND THAT 616
Acknowledgments 669
Index 677